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Three Kings
In a controversial story that took place after the end of the Gulf War. Four US soldiers have decided to steal the hideout of Saddam Hussein, one of the areas where the Iraqi president used to hide. But on their way to collect booty shows how disturbing the results of the war effort.
19 July 1973, Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
22 October 1975, Arizona, USA
15 June 1976, Bahrain
3 September 1963, New York City, New York, USA
20 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1968, Rotorua, New Zealand
December 15, 2010
Violent, liberal George Clooney Gulf War caper.
June 28, 2009
Three Kings mightn't be the best thought-out or most reassuring movie of the year, but the more I think about it, the more I'm sure that it is one of the best.
January 01, 2000
Russell does so well by his sub-text that the flaws in the text itself become less bothersome. What he is after fundamentally is ... war is insane.
August 25, 2008
Far more intelligent and perceptive than most actioners, yet with enough thrills and spills to satisfy adrenaline junkies.
February 04, 2011
One of Hollywood's few films about the Gulf War, David O. Russell's Three Kings is an original war feature that's effective as a social satire as well as political critique.
April 09, 2009
It's amazing how much action can be crammed into a movie about a war where most soldiers didn't actually see any action. Three Kings has its fair share of shootouts, none that are merely squeezed in for guilty pleasures. Every shot fired is motivated by c
February 09, 2006
The last reel descends into a muddle of trade-offs, heroic about-turns and romanticised rebels, but this is defiant, provocative cinema; Russell may yet prove a film-maker to treasure.
July 06, 2010
Ithis is a career making movie, then its writer/director David O. Russell who deserves the credit with this very creative effort from the debut filmmaker.
January 01, 2000
Three Kings is one of the most exciting Hollywood action films in years, and the best Vietnam movie since Apocalypse Now.
April 25, 2003
No, Three Kings is not a great picture, but it is a very good one, perhaps the first feature of merit to come out of the Gulf War.
August 25, 2008
A damning yet idealistic satire about the motives behind U.S. foreign policy.
January 01, 2000
Interesting and occasionally exhilarating.